(Above) ADELAIDE. Mr and Mrs J. W. F. Collins, pilot and passenger in the machine which won the Bris-bane-Adelaide Centenary air race (speed section). Mr Collins, who flew a Percival Vega, led as fat as Melbourne, but near the South Australian border he lost his bearings. He landed, got his direction, and finished first.
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Evening Star, Issue 22542, 9 January 1937, Page 7
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54(Above) ADELAIDE. Mr and Mrs J. W. F. Collins, pilot and passenger in the machine which won the Brisbane-Adelaide Centenary air race (speed section). Mr Collins, who flew a Percival Vega, led as fat as Melbourne, but near the South Australian border he lost his bearings. He landed, got his direction, and finished first. Evening Star, Issue 22542, 9 January 1937, Page 7
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